After installing Ubuntu Laptop not working

[Raba143]

I installed Ubuntu for my old laptop HP ProBook 4530s Notebook PC and the installation completed, and it asked me to restart to continue. But after restarting and removing boot pen and pressing Enter it shows Boot Device not found.

[WAWood]

Apart from a few Workstations that come with Linux distro preloaded, HP provides no support for Linux.

I mention this because with Windows, we can provide links to videos and HP Documents. We can provide links to HP diagnostic apps you can download and run on your PC. We can provide links to HP drivers and to HP BIOS updates, which you can also download and run on your PC. And, nearly everything useful can be done using an application or utility that HP will provide you for free.

For the general population of HP customers trying to use or install Linux, we have NONE of that. No diagnostics. No videos. No downloadable utilities or tools. And, once you get into Linux, you discover that you have to become VERY familiar with the command line to do anything complicated. We have no command line scripts or examples to provide you.

So when I recommend going to the support forum for your Linux distro, it is because THERE is where you will get the amount and kind of support you need.

[Raba143]

Thank you for your reply.

[WAWood]

Looks like the Linux install did not complete -- and 3F0 means a failing drive -- so basically, you would have to replace the drive to get the PC working again.